Trousers-leg-folding device



(No'ModeL) Y. E. HOLLOWAY. TROUSERS LEG FOLDING DEVICE.

No. 573,784. Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

YOUNG EDW'ARD HOLLOWAY, OF WOODLAIVN, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN EMORYBERKSTRESSER, OF SYLAOAUGA, ALABAMA.

TROUSERS-LEG-FOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 573,784, dated December22, 1896.

Application filed February 11, 1895. Serial No. 537,891. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, YOUNG EDWARD HoL- LOW'AY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lVoodlawn, in the county of Jefferson and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Leg-FoldingDeVices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to that class of devices used on the trousers-legsof bicycle-riders to prevent the trousers from getting entangled withthe pedals of the bicycle; and the objccts of my improvement are, first,to provide a trousers-folder of neat and small dimensions that will besimple and cheap to manufacture, which can be readily attached to anytrousers-leg, and will fold the trousers in a neat manner on the insideof the leg; second, to provide a device to fold or decrease the size ofthe trousers-leg near the shoe of bicycle-riders without clamping orpressing on the leg of the wearer, which will fold the trousers withoutpresenting an unsightly appearance, and cannot be seen from the outsideof the leg. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of mytrousers-folding device. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on a reducedscale, of the bottom of a trousersleg with my device attached beforemaking the fold. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same after makingthe fold.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The device or folder, as shown in Fig. 1, can be formed from anymetallic wire, or it can be formed by stamping the device from anysuitable sheet metal to the form. as shown.

The folder consists of two legs A and 13, formed on the outsides of thedevice, the legs connected by a loop O, formed, as shown, in the center.The loop O is preferably made larger at the top than the bottom, in theform of a dovetail, to prevent the folder from slipping out whenattached to the trousers-leg, but any like modification of the formshown will answer the purpose for which it is intended.

To use the device or attach the folder to the trousers-leg D to form thefold in the said trousers-leg, the folder is first placed on the seam ofthe trousers D, as shown in Fig. 2, the legs A and B of the device onthe outside and the connecting-loop O on the inside of the trousers-leg.

To form the fold E in the trousers-leg, as shown in Fig. 3, the deviceis folded or turned over to the. right, carrying the cloth with it andinclosing the folder between the cloth on the inside of the fold. Tosecure the fold as made in the cloth, the leg A of the folder is slippedon the inside of the trousers-leg, as in Fig. 3, which secures the foldin the cloth and holds it in that position until released by the removalof the folding device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is-

A trousers-legfolding device, consisting of a center member 0 of adovetail form, two vertical legs A and B curved outwardly and upwardlyfrom the center the legs having their points curved outward,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YOUNG EDWARD IIOLLOIVAY.

IVitnesses LEO K. STEINER, A. J ONES.

